Thre are two things that have really stood out for me. The men's 10k, they ran that oin 7 minutes faster than my 5k time (and a Brit won)
And the women's triathlon, where their 10k was only 2-3 mins slower than the women's 10k track race, and that's after 1500m swim and 42km bike - now THAT is truly amazing, with a photo finish as well.
LOLwho won the hair competition?I watched a bit of the Olympics with my wife yesterday evening, for the first time. I enjoyed watching the women sprinters, especially now after reading up a bit on running and biomechanics these last several months. It was really amazing to watch the perfection of form. My wife noticed who had real hair and whose extensions looked best. The kids didn't find watching people run at all interesting, and played.
I heard her talking about the hair, that doesn't mean I was listening.LOLwho won the hair competition?
I was watching the women sprinters yesterday (love dvr) with my daughter and she was flat amazed at how fast these women were. We watched the, um 800 I believe (2 laps around track whatever that is), and we were both amazed that the chick ran so fast the whole time and then had a huge kick at the end. My daughter is not really a runner at all (didn't take after her Daddy that way) but she knew enough to understand it is flat amazing what these people can do.I watched a bit of the Olympics with my wife yesterday evening, for the first time. I enjoyed watching the women sprinters, especially now after reading up a bit on running and biomechanics these last several months. It was really amazing to watch the perfection of form. My wife noticed who had real hair and whose extensions looked best. The kids didn't find watching people run at all interesting, and played.
I was watching the women sprinters yesterday (love dvr) with my daughter and she was flat amazed at how fast these women were. We watched the, um 800 I believe (2 laps around track whatever that is), and we were both amazed that the chick ran so fast the whole time and then had a huge kick at the end. My daughter is not really a runner at all (didn't take after her Daddy that way) but she knew enough to understand it is flat amazing what these people can do.
Definitely go. I lived in Atlanta during the '96 games. While I did go to a couple ticketed events, the most fun I had was soaking in the atmosphere around the games. If you have the opportunity to go watch the marathon in person it'll make for some pretty cool memories.Vampire head up to Hyde park or Victoria park, we watched the mens cycling up there the atmosphere was amazing. Well worth the journey, lots Olympic stewards, cops and military it felt really safe.